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Form of workPOSITION: Family Support Worker FPS KSTier 2 (Hiawatha, KS)
DEPARTMENT: Kansas Family Preservation Services
Pay Grade: 3
Salary: $38,000.00 - $42,500.00 Annually
(Starting salary depends on education and experience)
RESPONSIBILITIES: Passionate about helping families? Enjoy overseeing a work schedule that is flexible and diverse. Are you seeking to have a larger impact on the prevention aspect of the child welfare system? Cornerstones of Care is seeking dynamic child welfare professionals who are committed to helping families create lasting change so they can remain safely together. Our Family Preservation Tier 2Family Support Worker is a passionate, innovative change-maker who will coach a small caseload of families. They will help connect families with resources and support and learn new ways to strengthen resiliency. Family Support Workers serve as a piece of a professional Family Support team who work together providing resources, making referrals, teaching new coping skills, and supporting families. Family Support Workers have a high degree of autonomy in scheduling and completing their work which includes a combination of working from home, in the office, and completing home visits. Family Support Workers provide services in the Northeast Kansas rural community. This position covers four counties. This position will report to the Cornerstones of Care Hiawatha Office.
QUALIFICATIONS: This position requires a High School Diploma or equivalent. Two (2) years experience in the children and family services field. Preferred: Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or other human service field and 1-3 years experience working with children/families. One (1) to three (3) years of administrative, clerical, or quality assurance experience and a demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office. Excellent customer service skills, ability to work on several tasks concurrently, and attention to detail and deadlines are essential to this position. Must pass a background check, physical, and drug screening. This position also requires a valid driver’s license and proof of current vehicle insurance.
BENEFITS: Cornerstones of Care offers a competitive benefits package, which includes: Paid Holiday, Paid Time Away (unlimited PTA for all benefit-eligible team members), medical/dental/vision; prescriptions; accident and critical illness insurance; pet insurance; short-term disability; long-term disability; term life and accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D); health savings account (HSA); flexible spending account (FSA); retirement (401K); employee assistance program (EAP); YMCA membership discounts; Tuition Reimbursement Program and Public Service Loan Forgiveness. To view a detailed Summary of Benefits please visit our website at www.cornerstonesofcare.org and under the heading “About Us” click “Join Our Team.”
HOW TO APPLY: Please complete an online application at www.cornerstonesofcare.org
CORNERSTONES OF CARE’S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS:
- Nonviolence-helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose
- Emotional Intelligence-helping to teach emotional management skills
- Social Learning-helping to build cognitive skills
- Open Communication-helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management
- Democracy-helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority
- Social Responsibility-helping to rebuild social connection skills, and establish healthy attachment relationships
- Growth and Change-helping to work through loss and prepare for the future
Questions?
Please contact: Cornerstones of Care, Human Resources Department
8150 Wornall Road, Kansas City, MO 64114
Phone: (816)508-3500 Fax: (816) 508-1757
